Who polices Groton
Groton is the one town in this court with two municipal police departments. The Town of Groton Police Department and the City of Groton Police Department are separate agencies covering different parts of Groton, and which one arrested you depends on where in Groton it happened.
It is worth reading your paperwork rather than assuming. The arresting agency is who holds the file, who can tell you whether someone is still being held, and who to call about a bond. Phoning the other one costs you time on a night you do not have any. Both are heard at the same court and neither is treated differently once the case gets there.
The Navy submarine base is federal property. An arrest on the base is a federal or military matter rather than a GA 10 case, and it follows a different process entirely, so if that is where this happened the rest of this page will not describe it.
Where your case goes
Groton cases go to New London Superior Court, GA 10, at 112 Broad Street across the river. Go to Broad Street rather than the Huntington Street building, which is the Judicial District courthouse and a different place.
If you were released, the date is on your paperwork. If you were held, court is the next business day. There is no public lot at the courthouse, so allow time for street parking.
After the arrest
The department that arrested you is the one that releases you, on a written promise to appear or after a bond, or holds you for court the next business day. Either way the date is the same kind of date. See the arrest page for booking and the bond and bail page for how the bond works.
Check the paperwork for the agency name before you start phoning about a bond. It is the one thing about a Groton arrest that is genuinely easy to get wrong.
Do not discuss the case with anyone meanwhile. A family violence arrest is heard the next business day with a protective order issued at that appearance. The arraignment page and the what to expect page cover what follows.
Common charges in Groton
The Groton docket at GA 10 covers DUI, assault, domestic violence and family violence, drug possession, and larceny and shoplifting. A first offense frequently qualifies for a diversionary program that ends in dismissal.